Hood - Rubber Strip Replacement

[steelandcanvas]

I put my kit on today using 3/16" aluminum pop rivets & washers.
Worked perfect and only took 5 minutes.
Thanks to you guys before me, I didn't waste any time or effort with the steel rivets that came with them.
WAS NOT HAPPY being charged $9.89 for shipping!
Two little pieces of rubber that could have been sent in an envelope were instead sent in a big box with about a cubic foot of peanuts-really?

Glad my tip worked out for you. I'm also glad it wasn't me that charged you that much shipping for 2 little pieces of rubber.

 

[Woodsplinter]

You probably saved me an hour of frustration.
Gonna call Saturn tomorrow- may cause a little frustration...

 

[steelandcanvas]

You probably saved me an hour of frustration.
Gonna call Saturn tomorrow- may cause a little frustration...

My pleasure, let us know what Jay says about the shipping price.

 

[Woodsplinter]

Well, I spoke with Jay at Saturn Surplus and he explained that they ship everything by UPS. UPS charges a 1 lb. minimun for everything they ship, and your location of course determines the rate.
So that's that.

 

[JCKnife]

3/16" by what length rivets?

 

[steelandcanvas]

3/16" by what length rivets?

Don't remember off hand, let me find the box again and I'll get back to you.

 

[JCKnife]

Don't remember off hand, let me find the box again and I'll get back to you.

I just realized--mine might be different than what you needed, because I'm using tire strips not NOS rubber strips. Thanks but nevermind! I will figure it out.

 

[Wildchild467]

I built my own pair of rubber strips using a piece of 1/4" mud flap. The mud flap (bought from NAPA for big trucks) is built like a tire and has reinforcing material just like the tires and I thought it would hold up a lot better than the originals. I don’t believe the originals had any reinforcements in them, but they are nicer because they have countersinks for the screws. When I cut mine out, I used 10-32 counter sunk stainless screws so the flat head would pull into the rubber and I could control how much they countersunk by how I tighten the screws. I used nylon lock nuts also. They are about 6.5” long, buy 1” wide and ¼” thick I believe. Maybe the width is 3/4“…. Not sure now. Plus they were free as I had the mud flap material from another project.

 

[JCKnife]

As update: the tire strip I used was WAY too thick. Will have to tear it off and try again with something else. The hood latch won't reach and there's a big gap between the hood and the side panel.

 

[JCKnife]

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[VPed]

Use conveyor belt material. It has cords like a tire but is much thinner.

 

[WantOne]

I used a black rubber bungee strap to replace mine. So far has worked well, and was a cheap fix.